JM wrote:
> I'm not sure what the part is called, but it's the part that fits onto the
> laptop hard drive pins to adapt the hard drive to the motherboard. I know
> they come in many different designs, and I suspect they are in large part
> proprietary. I desperately need one for an Averatec 5110P.

They are proprietary, unfortunately.

> Can someone suggest a source? Averatec has not been of help to this point.

Haha, you amaze me (not!). Averatec is an unmitigated pack of
charlatans and wankers of the first water.

Unfortunately your best bets are:
1. Look on eBay for the part or a parts machine
2. Find out what other brands are the same machine as this particular
model. Averatec is a shell company that doesn't make anything; their
machines are OEMed from Twinhead.
3. Ask on averatecforums.com